It came as no great surprise that President Obama turned to former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis B. Butler as his choice to serve as chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.
Butler is uniquely qualified to replace Judge John Shabazz. While others who applied had significant legal skills and important areas of specialization in the law, Butler brings remarkably broad experience to a courthouse that has not seen the appointment of a new federal judge in 28 years.